Free-Time Activities: Food and Sport
Read Panjabi words for free time in Gurmukhi script: sport like cricket and swimming, and food from pineapple to roast chicken.
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Food and sport
This module builds your Panjabi for free time: sport and food, all read in Gurmukhi script.
Each example is a Panjabi word with its English meaning. A full sentence looks like this: ਮੈਂ ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਖੇਡਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main krikat khedda haan), meaning I play cricket.
Four sports
Start with four sports and activities.
Match each food to its meaning
- ਅਨਾਨਾਸ
- ਸੰਤਰਾ
- ਆਂਡਾ
- ਆਲੂ
- a pineapple
- an orange
- an egg
- a potato
Read the whole word
Gurmukhi is written left to right, and each word is built from its letters. Some sport words are borrowed from English, like the word for cricket. Read the letters in order, blend the sounds, and the word takes shape.
Which word is a pineapple?
Which Panjabi word means a pineapple?
- ਅਨਾਨਾਸ
- ਸੰਤਰਾ
- ਆਂਡਾ
- ਮਟਰ
Spot the two foods
Select the TWO words that are foods.
- ਸੰਤਰਾ
- ਆਂਡਾ
- ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਖੇਡਣਾ
- ਚੜ੍ਹਨਾ
Match each activity
- ਤਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਕੱਪੜੇ
- ਬਾਹਰਵਾਰ ਤਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਤਲਾਅ
- ਮਜ਼ਾ ਲੈਣਾ
- ਚਿੜੀ ਛਿੱਕਾ
- a swimming costume
- an outdoor swimming pool
- to have fun
- badminton
Food and sport
Reading the whole word tells you whether it is a food or a sport. Here are more of each to read.
Find the two foods
Tap the TWO words that are foods.
- ਅਨਾਨਾਸ, a pineapple
- ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਖੇਡਣਾ, playing cricket
- ਆਲੂ, a potato
- ਚਿੜੀ ਛਿੱਕਾ, badminton
Reading a sentence
Now read a full Panjabi sentence:
ਮੈਨੂੰ ਆਲੂ ਪਸੰਦ ਹਨ (mainu aalu pasand han) = "I like potatoes". The word ਪਸੰਦ (pasand) means liking, and this frame, ਮੈਨੂੰ ... ਪਸੰਦ ਹਨ, is how Panjabi says I like something.
What does it say?
In ਮੈਨੂੰ ਆਲੂ ਪਸੰਦ ਹਨ (mainu aalu pasand han), what does the person like?
- Potatoes
- Cricket
- Pineapple
- Eggs
A trip to the pool
Put the steps of going for a swim into a sensible order.
- Pack your swimming costume
- Travel to the swimming pool
- Get changed
- Swim in the pool
- Go home
Complete the free-time facts
The word ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਖੇਡਣਾ means playing _____. The word ਅਨਾਨਾਸ means a _____. The word ਆਂਡਾ means an _____. The word ਚੜ੍ਹਨਾ means to _____. The word ਪਨੀਰ means Indian _____.
Read the notice
Use what you know to read each Panjabi word on a menu or poster. Choose each time.
- A menu lists ਅਨਾਨਾਸ (ananas). What is it?
- A club poster reads ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਖੇਡਣਾ (krikat khedna). What can you do there?
- A sign points to the ਬਾਹਰਵਾਰ ਤਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਤਲਾਅ. Where does it lead?
Write about your free time
In English, write about the food and sport you enjoy, using some of the Panjabi words. This is written in English and is not auto-marked.
- Name a sport you enjoy, with its Panjabi word
- Name a food you like, with its Panjabi word
- Say why you enjoy your free time
- Write one full Panjabi sentence, for example ਮੈਂ ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਖੇਡਦਾ ਹਾਂ